About
Sardine is an AI risk platform combining device intelligence, behavioral biometrics and data enrichment to power fraud prevention, AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening and case management. It is widely used by fintechs, crypto firms and stablecoin/on-ramp companies for real-time risk decisioning.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2020
- HQ
- San Francisco, USA
- Stage
- Private (Series C)
- Funding
- ~$145M (Series C)
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